Category Archives: Ministry

Fueled by a fervent desire to “reach the unreached,” 2013 Lynnville-Sully alum Cale Van Wyk spent a good portion of his summer in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Van Wyk, the son of Kevin and Julie Van Wyk of Sully, is currently a senior at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) and went on this...

By LeAnn Hjelmeland If 2015 Lynnville-Sully alum Katy Sevcik had followed her original plans after high school, she’d just be starting her sophomore year of college. Get a “normal” education and then become involved with missions, she thought. Plans changed, however, when the Searsboro native felt God telling her to do something different. She decided to...

After half a year in the U.S., 2011 Lynnville-Sully alum Lindsey Ritter is back in the mission field. She made a return journey to the island nation of Vanuatu on July 8 following two weeks of rest at the Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Marine Reach base in New Zealand. Ritter makes up one-third of a...

While many students her age will be heading off to college this fall, 2016 Lynnville-Sully graduate Naomi Shinkle will be taking a different path in life. Her post-graduation plans have her booking a flight to Romania to dedicate six months serving with the mission organization YWAM (Youth With a Mission). This big step in her life...

Every Sunday evening in June, nearly 50 children in grades preschool through fifth grade attended Lynnville Friends Church’s Vacation Bible School. For over two hours each VBS night, the children caught the wave of God’s amazing love during the Surf Shack-themed activities. Each night of VBS started with an opening session that featured music, a skit, and...